US stocks have led a decline in most equity markets around the globe, a day after the Federal Reserve's first interest rate rise in nearly a decade, as continued pressure on oil weighed on the energy sector.
Gold prices have fallen more than one per cent, after the Federal Reserve increased US interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade and hinted at more increases in 2016.
The financial affairs of numerous previously low-key unlisted or foreign-owned companies headquartered in Western Australia have been released by the Australian Tax Office.
The Shire of Kalamunda has moved to facilitate more infill development around transport infrastructure, but its proposed planning changes are restrictive and won’t achieve the desired results, according to a prominent industry player.
Singapore-listed contractor AusGroup has announced a number of contract wins and extensions worth a combined $100 million, including with Woodside Petroleum, which today flagged lower capex and increased production for the year.
A partnership led by a Peppermint Grove-based engineering group is seeking to provide budding entrepreneurs with unique training and job opportunities.
Premier Colin Barnett has expressed his ‘extreme’ disappointment at yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the Roe 8 highway project, as the environment minister announced a ‘third party health check’ into the Environmental Protection Authority.
Western Australians are falling behind on their mortgage repayments at a higher rate than borrowers in any other state, according to new Reserve Bank of Australia data.
The US Federal Reserve's long-awaited rate rise seems to have clinched a pre-Christmas "Santa rally" for the Australian share market after local stocks closed higher for a second straight day.
Bank bashing is an old sport usually practised by external critics, but 2016 could be the year when big banks discover that their greatest threat comes from within – something that should concern bank shareholders as much as employees.
Memory technology company 4DS Memory has wrapped up its first day of trading on the ASX, closing well below its opening price but above the price of its recent capital raising.
Local companies Triton Minerals, General Mining Corporation and Orinoco Gold have announced plans to raise a combined $24.6 million to fund ongoing work at their respective projects.
The consumer watchdog has decided not to approve GPC Asia Pacific’s proposed $43 million acquisition of Automotive Holdings Group’s Covs Parts business on the grounds that it would substantially lessen competition.
Billionaire James Packer's private investment firm, Consolidated Press Holdings, has downplayed speculation that he is seeking to privatise casinos operator Crown Resorts.
The Australian share market has jumped higher in early trade, with the US Federal Reserve's decision to hike interest rates clearing the way for a likely Santa rally.
Gold has held onto its gains, after the Federal Reserve raised US interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, as expected, making clear it was a tentative beginning to a "gradual" tightening cycle.
US stocks have rallied after the Federal Reserve announced it is raising its key policy rate for the first time in nearly a decade in a sign of confidence in the US economy.
Falcon Minerals, which is preparing to become a 3D printer-focused company called i3D Technologies, has secured pre-commitments from investors ahead of a planned $5 million capital raising.
An industry consortium led by members of the Chamber of Fruit and Vegetable Industries in WA has been selected as the preferred bidder for Market City, putting the state government a step closer to its first major asset sale.
Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources says it will suffer a $25 million pre-tax charge to its profit as a result of the decline in the Australian government bond rate.
Perth-based Tiger Resources has finalised terms of a $US162.5 million ($A225.5 million) finance facility with two investment groups to refinance its debt and fund expansion of its Kipoi copper project.
Opponents of the Perth Freight Link are celebrating after the Supreme Court of Western Australia deemed environmental approval for the most contentious part of the project invalid.
